Card-filing system.



J. R. HENDRY.

CARD FILING SYSTEM; APPLICATION HLED'APR. 26. I91? 1,296,956, PatentedMar. 11,1919.

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OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

CARD-FILIN G SYSTEM.

Application filed April 26, 1917. Serial No. 164,614.

To allicitom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. HENDRY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Chicago and county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCard-Filing Systems,

Thisinvention relates to improvements in card filing systems and hasamong its salient objects to provide a construction in which a series ofoverlapping holders are detachably mounted in a frame and each holderpro-' vided with a pocket for receiving one or more cards or slips; toprovide a construction in which the overlapping holders may,

if if desired, be mounted-*on either side of the frame so as to obtain amaxlmum number of holders and cards in a minimum space; to provide aconstruction of the character referred to having signaling means fordetermining by mere ocular inspection, without removing or raising thecards or, holders thecondition or: classification of the cataloguing'or'other data contained on any given card or upon a plurality of cardsin any given holder to provide a construction in which the holders areso formed as'to expose the lower edge of the card in the holder and inwhich each card may itself have an exposed portion independent ofthe'other cards; to provide aconstruction in which.

not only may each card have its individual designating or cataloguingnumber but also each holder may be also similarly designated; and ingeneral to provide an improved construction of the character referredto.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary front elevation of my invention, parts beingshown in dot- L ted lines to bring out details of construction.

Fig. 2'is a side elevation of theconstruction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation view on an enlarged scale, of one oftheholders showing the manner of inserting the cards.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the card holder.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the signaling guides or tabs.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal, sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates,

as a whole the frame comprising aflat cenof which'the following is aspecifi:

JAMES R. HENDEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ACME CARD SYSTEMCOMPANY,

tral web portion2, provided at its opposite vertical edges with marginalmembers 3 and '4 respectively. These marginal members are suitablysecured to the central web portion and each is provided with an inwardlyfacing channeled portion 5, and terminates outwardly in a bead 6, thelatter serving to hold-adjustable guide tabs which are not shown as aformal part of the present invention.

Detachably mounted in the channel members .of the frame are a pluralityof superimposed carriers 7, each of which in the present instance,consists of awire 8, bent back upon itself, at each end as shownat 9,and terminating in inwardly extending free ends 10. carriers by.means ofhinges 11 is a holder designated as a whole 12. The hinges 11 slipeasilyon the ends 10 of the carriers and Suspended from each of these'are readily attached or detached therefrom.

rovide an exposed sight opening or windbw.

Each pocket 14 is adapted toreceive a plurality of cataloguing oridentifying cards 16, 16. If desired, each of these cards may beprovided with a.plurality of ruled spaces 1, '2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, asshown and these figures may, if desired, be made at the lower end of theeard, to-wit, at that portion which is exposed through the window of thepocket. In order to designate the condition of any given work oranygiven data on any card relative to one of the spaces, I

a the many uses to which the inventionmay be put, for example, theparticular system shown might be'used for the purpose of readilydetermining how a large catalogue of a mail order house was belng madeup. Each pocket. might be designated with a given number referring tothepage of the provide anidentifying tab 17, which in the catalogue suchas 286, 287, 288 and 289, etc., and each pocket representing the givenpage,

might have a plurality ofcards, each card being for the purpose ofshowing the various datato be put on that'page. For example, each cardmight represent the out to be put on the particular part of the page andthe various parts showing how far along the work had progressed, showingwhether the original d'rawinghad been made, whether the same had beenapproved, whether the plate had been made and .had been finished,

' and when the out had been returned by the engraving house,-and whenthe electrotype had been made. In a very large catalogue, it is veryditficult to keep track of all this data for-the many thousands of cutsand this skilled in the art.

system provides a ready and intelligent guide and check.

It is, of course, apparent that the foregoing is merely one use to whichthe invention may be put, as is apparent to those The invention is notlimited to the details of construction shown,

except as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

, 1. In a card filing system, the combination with a main frame, of aplurality of over- 2. In a card filing system, the combination i with aiframehaving a plurality of overlapping holders mounted therein, each ofsaid holders having a pocket provided with a cut-away portion at itslower end and a plurality of cards mounted in said pocket,

and each provided with predetermined designating spaces and a tabadjustably mounted on any given one of said spaces and exposed throughthe cu't-away portion of the pocket.

.3. In a card filing system, the combinationv with a main frame, of aplurality of-overlapping holders mounted therein, each holder having atits lower end a pocket-provided with a cut-awa-y portion', one or morecards 'detachably seated in'said pocket and having a portion exposed inthe cut-away portion 0 the pocket.

JAMES R. HENDRY.

